Events
Krakow really is a town that parties all year round. Krakow hosts a flurry of events that will captivate and entertain you. During the Summer months the Plac’s are abound with Festivals and cheer that guarantee plenty of smiles and lots of beers. During Winter Cracovians head indoors but continue to celebrate life and liberty and love!
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Category: Traditional Celebrations
Christmas Eve
Date: This date needs no explanationChristmas Eve in Krakow Although Christmas Eve is not a public holiday in Poland it's probably the most widely celebrated day – or at least evening – in the country. What was to be just a prelude to Christmas in fact took over most of the celebrations. Though not a public holiday, Christmas Eve is not entirely a weekday, so banks and shops may close earlier. The same goes for public transport in Krakow – some of the buses and tram... More »
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Category: Traditional Celebrations
Mikolajki - Santa Claus
Date: 6th December AnnuallyMikolajki Making a list of reasons to move to Poland? Or just wondering why go to Krakow in the dull, cold, snowy (or rainy) month of December – and coming on Christmas is not a possibility because all the hotels and hostels are already booked? Here's one good reason: in Krakow, Santa Claus comes twice in one month – not only on Christmas Day, but also some two weeks before that, on the day of the Mikolajki. The Polish celebrate name days throughout the yea... More »
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Category: Krakow Festivals
Etiuda and Anima Festival
Place: Kijow Centrum Date: 27.11Etiuda & Anima Festival The Etiuda & Anima festival in Krakow is not a typical film festival : there's no red, Cannes-style carpet, no blockbusters, no high budgets (or no budgets at all), no scandalous actors. What is left is fresh, ambitious and excellent cinema. The Etiuda & Anima brings together students and young film artists from film schools from virtually all around the world. The Etiuda & Anima Festival takes place in mi... More »
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Category: Krakow Festivals
Festival of Polish Music
Place: Krakow Philharmonic Date: November 2009Festival of Polish Music in Krakow The Krakow Festival of Polish Music (Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej) is Poland's biggest classical music festival devoted totally to the works of Polish composers. The festival, taking place in November, presents a cross-section of Polish classical music from different epochs, from the medieval to present times. The Festival of Polish Music in Cracow proves, that Poland has many more composers to boast with then Chopin and Szyma... More »
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Category: Public Holidays in Poland
Polish Independence Day
Date: November 11th AnnuallyNovember 11 th – Polish Independence Day Florianska street Krakow during the Independence day celebrations The Polish Independence Day is very different from the American 4 th of July, with its happiness, feasts and fireworks. The atmosphere on November 11 th in Poland is more serious and solemn than plainly happy, although there seems to be a trend to loosen it up a bit and ge... More »
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Date: Spring Annually
Lajkonik If one doesn't wander around Nowa Huta at night, or meet a particularly dissatisfied group of Cracovia or Wisla fans, it is not likely that one will get hit with a bat or a club in Krakow. A mace – that's a different story. If you're hit – don't be mad, be grateful, as it will mean you've been blessed by the Lajkonik, one of the most distinguishable figures of the Krakow folklore – and one of the most loved ones. To commemorate Po... more » -
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